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Problem of the Week November 6

Nov 6, 2017

Lower Elementary:Question: Jack is sitting in a swivel chair facing north. He spins a half turn clockwise, then a quarter turn counterclockwise, then a full turn clockwise, and finally a three-quarter turn counterclockwise. In which direction is Jack facing now?

Upper Elementary:Question: Grace is buying a new charger for her phone and wants to know which one has the longer cord: a black charger with a 70-inch cord or a white charger with a 180-centimeter cord. An inch is 2.54 centimeters. Which cord is longer? By how much? Give your answer in centimeters.

Middle School:Question: The number of ants in Karen’s ant farm doubles every day. On Sunday, there are 12,288 ants in the farm. When was the last day when there were fewer than 1,000 ants?

Algebra and Up:Question: Will has four boxes of candles. One box is full, and each consecutive box has one fewer candle than the last. If Will has 450 candles in total, how many are in the full box?

WARNING: ANSWERS AHEAD!!!

Lower Elementary:Question: Jack is sitting in a swivel chair facing north. He spins a half turn clockwise, then a quarter turn counterclockwise, then a full turn clockwise, and finally a three-quarter turn counterclockwise. In which direction is Jack facing now?Answer: Jack is facing south.Solution: If Jack starts facing north and spins a half turn clockwise, he will face south. Then, a quarter turn counterclockwise will cause him to face east. Next, a full turn (in either direction) will cause him to face east again. Finally, a three-quarter turn counterclockwise will cause him to face south.

Upper Elementary:Question: Grace is buying a new charger for her phone and wants to know which one has the longer cord: a black charger with a 70-inch cord or a white charger with a 180-centimeter cord. An inch is 2.54 centimeters. Which cord is longer? By how much? Give your answer in centimeters.Answer: The white cord is 2.2 centimeters longer.Solution: Since an inch is 2.54 centimeters, that means that 70 inches is 70 × 2.54 = 177.8 centimeters. The white cord is 180 centimeters long, which is 180 – 177.8 = 2.2 centimeters longer.

Middle School:Question: The number of ants in Karen’s ant farm doubles every day. On Sunday, there are 12,288 ants in the farm. When was the last day when there were fewer than 1,000 ants?Answer: There were fewer than 1,000 ants on Wednesday.Solution: If the number of ants doubles every day, then there were half as many each day before. So, there were 12,288 ÷ 2 = 6,144 ants on Saturday. On Friday, there were 3,072 ants. On Thursday, there were 1,536 ants. On Wednesday, there were 768 ants. Wednesday was the last day when there were fewer than 1,000 ants.

Algebra and Up:Question: Will has four boxes of candles. One box is full, and each consecutive box has one fewer candle than the last. If Will has 450 candles in total, how many are in the full box?Answer: The full box contains 114 candles.Solution: The number of candles in the boxes will be four numbers whose average is 450 ÷ 4 = 112.5. Since the numbers are each one apart, we can reason that they are the two whole numbers before and after 112.5. So, there are 111, 112, 113, and 114 candles in the boxes. The full box therefore has 114 candles.

Bryan at the 4S Ranch Mathnasium is a perfect fit for this organization. He works exceptionally well with their clients. He fully understands the business model and the subject of math.
He works very well with all students and he’s always there smiling and cheerful. Even though his wife just gave birth to their second child.
Some associates work with clients, Bryan knows his clients personally. As I said, without Bryan at this location Mathnasium would experience a large expense of hiring folks to replace him.
Please thanks and recognize Bryan for a continually exceptional job.
Sincerely
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Working with consistency at Mathnasium has built trust for our son in math with his instructors at Mathnasium and in his classes at school. The relationship built between the three, allows him to feel confident in class and to know the right kinds of questions to ask when he is confused.

I really appreciate how your instructors are working to meet my daughter's individual needs. Your program played a vital role in helping Sierra regain math skills that she lost as a result of a concussion. Now Sierra is working on the new calculus materials that I believe are more in a beta development mode of testing for Mathnasium. Thank you to Brian for getting these materials for Sierra. We realize that it's trickier when the materials don't come with a grading key. We so appreciate that the instructors are so patiently guiding her through them. Jeremy, has been especially helpful at making sure Sierra understands the concepts; however, all of the instructors who can support at this level have been great resources for Sierra and she loves coming to Mathnasium!!

My oldest son did the summer program last year and this year, I've enrolled both of my sons. My youngest son doesn't struggle with math like my oldest, but the Mathnasium team came up with a plan to reinforce the skills that he already acquired and have encouraged him to persist with harder concepts which have been introduced.

My two boys have never once complained about going to Mathnasium! They actually ask to go!!! Their teachers say it's helping them immensely and that they have improved a lot since attending Mathnasium!

We believe in the Mathnasium assessment and prescription system. Brad did an excellent job with introducing Mathnasium -- has met our expectations which were high. Dean really likes all the HS tutors and is gaining his Math confidence back. Thank you!! The hours are generally really great for our schedule. Only wish perhaps for slightly later hours on Sat to accommodate am sports. Kind of nice that you don't have late evening hours on Fri to force a day off. Thank you!!

We were unsure of our child's math progress at school, as there was very little communication and he was seemingly frustrated with his leveling on the standardized tests. After a year at Mathnasium, he has progressed from 4th grade to 6th grade math and is now ahead of the teachings in his 5th grade class. He is always excited to go to Mathnasium and likes the positive atmosphere, the friendly staff, the math games used for learning and the rewards for completing his goals. Thank you for your great support!

My son seems to be very excited about going and when I pick him up, he is excited to share with me on what he has learned. I am not completely sure how much he has learned, but either way, he is feeling confident and is showing more patience in doing his school work as well.

The 4S Ranch Mathnasium Staff are the best. My high school age son sometimes has a hard time asking for help and finds the staff at 4S Ranch to be very accommodating without making him feel bad he isn't getting Geometry or chemistry. He hasn't done much of Mathnasium worksheets because he is consumed with school work, and the staff isn't pushing the sheets. They seem to be there because of their love of Math and wanting him to understand and learn.
I am very thankful for the Staff at 4S Ranch Mathnasium for making my son's life much easier.
Thank you 4S Ranch Mathnasium staff you are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
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Mathnasium helped my children to better understand their homework assignments and be able to complete them. They developed a better sense of "mathesteem" and are confident in their skills and computations. I highly recommend Mathnasium to anybody who wants to improve their math comprehension and skils.

Bryan Womack the center Director is amazing. He is committed to each and every student. He fosters good relationships with local school districts and collaborates with parents for the best possible outcomes. My son likes to go. At no time have I ever had to "talk him into" going. I am so grateful.

I really can't say enough about how pleased I am with Mathnasium. Not only have they helped our daughter achieve excellent math grades, but they have have done so while making it great fun.
Our daughter loves Mathnasium so much that, when pressed for time in the evening, she picks Mathnasium over tennis.

My daughter enjoys coming to mathnasium. And we just started a couple of months ago.
She enjoys the tutors that she has been working with so far!
I do not hear her say that she does not like math anymore.

We have seen great progress in the short while that our son has been attending the center. The center has very friendly and knowledgeable staff, able to connect with kids of all ages and keep them interested and motivated. We also appreciate the center's willingness and ability to customize the learning content and incorporate feedback from kids and parents.

The team is always overly supportive of the children and great them by names as they come in. Brian in particularly very helpful and engaging of the children, my daughter always looks forward to mathnasium. She was enrolled in Kumon prior and hated it with a passion.